HopeHealth to provide services at Sturdy Memorial Hospital

Wednesday

Dec 6, 2017 at 2:34 PMDec 6, 2017 at 2:34 PM

Sean F. Driscoll @SeanFDriscoll

HopeHealth Palliative Care, part of the HopeHealth family of services, in conjunction with Sturdy Memorial Hospital will begin offering inpatient palliative care services to patients at the Attleboro hospital, according to a statement issued jointly by the nonprofit entities.

Palliative care providers work with seriously ill patients and families — those facing life-threatening illnesses such as heart disease, advanced cancers, and dementia — to ensure that their values, priorities and desires are respected and honored, according to the statement.

HopeHealth is New England’s largest nonprofit, community-based hospice and palliative care organization; it has services in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, according to the statement.

“Touching and bettering the lives of people living with a serious illness takes dedicated services and special support,” Diana Franchitto, president and CEO of HopeHealth, said in the statement. “We are so pleased that Sturdy Memorial Hospital, a well-respected, well-known community hospital, chose HopeHealth to offer palliative care services to patients and their families."